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Winterbourne View – Where were the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards?

One of the many things that have been concerning me since the Panorama programme about abuse within the Winterbourne View hospital for adults with learning disabilities was aired was the way that the safeguards implemented under the Mental Capacity Act...

Published 6 Jun 2011 6:45 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: abuse in residential care, adult protection, adult safeguarding, best interests assessment, Best Interests Assessor, bia, Care Quality Commission, deprivation of liberty safeguards, dols, health, local authority, long-term care, MCA, mental capacity, mental capacity act, mental health, mental health legislation, nursing home, panorama, personal, politics, residential care, social care, social services, social work, social worker, training, winterborne, winterbourne view, work
Note to Self

When clearing a day for a Best Interests Assessment under the Mental Capacity Act Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards – even if you think you have planned and informed the hospital/care home well in advance, probably best to phone just before you head off...

Published 5 Feb 2010 7:49 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: best interests assessment, Best Interests Assessor, bia, dols, MCA, personal, social work, stupid things i do, work
Looking Back – 2009

I was wondering how to finish the year off and mark it. So I looked at last year’s posts for inspiration to see how I marked the end of the last year. I ran a couple of posts – one looking back on the year in my first ‘proper’ year of blogging and another...

Published 31 Dec 2009 6:43 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: 2009, AMHP, ASW, asw to amhp, blogging review, dols, in review, local authority, looking back, mental health, new horizons, old age, older people, personal, social care, social issues, social work, social work taskforce, work
The GJ judgement and DoLs

I’m coming back to Best Interests Assessments and DoLs for a while now so excuse my indulgence but it is something that has and is creeping back into my workload after a few ‘dormant’ months and a part of the reason has been the impact of the ‘GJ’ judgement...

Published 14 Dec 2009 6:50 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: AMHP, approved mental health professional, Best Interests Assessor, bia, Case law, court of protection case law, deprivation of liberty safeguards, dols, gj judgement, gj v foundation trust, health, MCA, mental health act 1983, mental capacity act, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental disorder, mental health, mental health act, mental health act primacy, mental health act v mental capacity act, old age, older people, personal, social work, work
Revisiting Best Interests Assessments

Last week, I carried out a Best Interests Assessment for a man whom I had first assessed six months ago. In fact, he was the first person I had assessed under the new Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. I had, at that point, recommended that the Deprivation...

Published 22 Sep 2009 6:43 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: AMHP, best interests assessment, Best Interests Assessor, dementia, deprivation of liberties, deprivation of liberties safeguards, dols, elderly, health, local authority, MCA, mental capacity act, mental health, mental health act, old age, old people, older people, section 117, section 117 aftercare, social care, social issues, social work, uk, work
Drowning in Paper

I was on the ward yesterday morning. For a substantial chunk of time. Our borough had a rush of applications for assessments for authorisations of deprivation of liberty in the last few days in April. Just in time to take advantage of the extended April...

Published 14 May 2009 7:02 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: assessment, best interests, best interests assessment, Best Interests Assessor, deprivation of liberty safeguards, dols, health, hospital, local authority, mental health, old age, older people, psychiatric hospital, social work, work
My First Best Interests Assessment

Yesterday I completed my first Best Interests Assessment since the relatively new Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards went live on 1 April 2009. In brief these assessments grew from the need to clarify the legal position of those who lack capacity when...

Published 18 Apr 2009 7:06 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: AMHP, assessment, best interests assessment, Best Interests Assessor, bia, Care Quality Commission, dementia, deprivation of liberties, deprivation of liberties safeguards, dols, dols assessment, General practitioner, health, local authority, long-term care, MCA, mental capacity act, Mental Capacity Act 2005, mental health, mental health act assessment, old age, older people, social work, work
Assessing Liberty

Two weeks tomorrow, the Deprivation of Liberties Safeguards went live. As of this week, my borough have had two referrals for assessments. I know this as I was asked to complete the first assessment – after some discussion, gracefully withdrew as although...

Published 14 Apr 2009 6:57 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: AMHP, best interests assessment, Best Interests Assessor, deprivation of liberties safeguards, dols, local authority, MCA, mental capacity act, Mental Capacity Act 2005, old age, older people, social issues, social work, social worker, socialcare, work
Countdown to DoLs

The Deprivation of Liberties Safeguards (DoLs) go ‘live’ in just over a week now. These were a part of the amended Mental Capacity Act (2005) which establish a legal framework by which someone who lacks capacity may be ‘deprived of their liberty’ if it...

Published 22 Mar 2009 6:50 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: AMHP, Best Interests Assessor, bia, deprivation of liberties safeguards, dols, elderly, England, health, local government, long-term care, MCA, mental capacity act 2005. mental capacity, mental health, Mental Health Trust, NHS primary care trust, old age, older people, Primary Care Trust, social care, social issues, social work, work
Assessing Best Interests - Part 3

After some days back at work, the taught part of the Best Interests Assessor training resumed yesterday - and almost magically as we were promised, lots and lots of the pieces seem to have fallen into place. Just as a recap, this is a short university...

Published 27 Feb 2009 4:39 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: AMHP, Best Interests Assessments, Best Interests Assessor, best interests assessor training, deprivation of liberty guidelines, dols, European Convention of Human Rights, health, human rights, local authority, london, MCA, Mental Capacity Act 2005, mental health, social work, uk, United Kingdom, work

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